{"id":2947,"date":"2023-06-19T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socat.info\/?page_id=2947"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:29:15","slug":"version-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socat.info\/index.php\/version-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCAT Version 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
Before using SOCAT data products, please read the Data Use Statement<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Data Access<\/h3>\n

SOCAT version 2023 data products (DOI: 10.25921\/r7xa-bt92<\/a>) are available in a variety of formats. Please provide feedback about issues (data usage or updated data submissions of existing data) to submit@socat.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Interactive viewers
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Use the Interactive Viewers from the Live Access Server to explore and download gridded or non-gridded data following selected criteria (region, year, platform, etc.). Making maps and property plots is straight forward and a good way to to get a quick overview of the data collection.<\/p>\n

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ERDDAP\u2122<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Complete and Decimated versions of SOCAT from Version 3 onwards are available via ERDDAP\u2122:<\/p>\n

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Synthesis and gridded files
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Global and regional synthesis files, as well as gridded files, are available as text files and netcdf, respectively, via the OCADS Metadata Page<\/a> at the National Centers for Environmental Information. Matlab code is available for reading these text files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Synthesis files<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMain source (NCEI)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nGEOMAR Mirror (Zipped)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All<\/td>\n7.2 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n1.2 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arctic<\/td>\n436 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n65 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coastal<\/td>\n3.5 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n586 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indian Ocean<\/td>\n66 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n9 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Atlantic<\/td>\n512 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n90 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North Pacific<\/td>\n225 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n40 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southern Oceans<\/td>\n1.6 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n264 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Atlantic<\/td>\n292 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n50 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tropical Pacific<\/td>\n685 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n115 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flag E<\/td>\n1.3 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n211 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Instructions for reading synthesis files<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matlab code for reading synthesis files (ZIPped)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gridded files<\/strong><\/td>\nMain source (NCEI)<\/strong><\/td>\nGEOMAR Mirror (Zipped)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly (nc)<\/td>\n3.7 Gb<\/a><\/td>\n36 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly (csv)<\/td>\n43 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n13 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly (nc)<\/td>\n214 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n10 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yearly (csv)<\/td>\n23 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n7 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decadal (nc)<\/td>\n24 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n4 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decadal (csv)<\/td>\n9 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n3 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quarter-degree monthly coastal (nc)<\/td>\n389 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n150 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quarter-degree monthly coastal (csv)<\/td>\n106 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n36 Mb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
Matlab code for reading gridded files (ZIPped)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n3 Kb<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ocean Data View format
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\nThe synthesis and gridded files are available in Ocean Data View (ODV) format from the ODV website. Users can also explore the data online at webODV<\/a>.<\/p>\n